16 Days Best of Kenya & Tanzania wildlife Expedition
Price: USD 7980.00 Per Person Sharing
Day 1: Arrival [Nairobi]
Pick up from airport to Nairobi Safari Club Hotel.
Spend night at Nairobi Safari Club Hotel
Meal Plan {Bed and Breakfast}
Day 2: Nairobi-Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at around 08:00Am we will proceed with the journey south through the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Maasai Mara, one of East Africa’s most famous reserves, The Maasai Mara consists of undulating hills and great rolling grasslands that sustain some of the most varied wildlife in Africa, if not the world. Arrive in time for game viewing in the Maasai Mara reserve, where lion, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, buffalo, wildebeest, gazelle and other plains game abound, not forgetting the hundreds of species of birds.
Dinner and overnight in- Mara Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 3-4: Explore Maasai Mara
Day 3-Full day dedicated to safari game drives in this sprawling Maasai Mara reserve. You can watch a lion, cheetah or leopard hunting or feasting on its kill.
Dinner and overnight at -Mara Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 4- Explore Maasai Mara
Early morning game drive, after which –drive to the Lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, take visit to a Maasai village or a hot-air balloon ride. What an exhilarating experience!
Lunch and overnight at the-Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 5: Maasai Mara- Serengeti
Depart Maasai Mara after breakfast at around 08Am for Serengeti. The Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 6-7: Serengeti Full Day
Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages.
We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s Centre not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed Centre, offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The Centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the Centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!
Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 8: Serengeti-NgoroNgoro Crater
After breakfast at the lodge do we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area? We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.
We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at leisure.
Dinner and overnight Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 9: NgoroNgoro Crater
We will make our descent into the Ngorongoro Crater, the Earth’s largest unbroken caldera. A veritable “Garden of Eden”, the Crater is reputed to contain the highest density of carnivores, which includes cheetah, leopard and lion. This is the only place in East Africa where one will have opportunities to observe a natural population of black rhino, highly endangered. You will have a full day of exploring the Crater with a picnic lunch. We will then return to your lodging.
Dinner and overnight Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 10: NgoroNgoro Crater-Tarangire
Non game-viewing travel time: 3½ hours
Distance: 155 km
After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight in the Tarangire National Park area, Tarangire Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 11: Tarangire Full Day
Today we will take you to the Tarangire National Park for game drives. Tarangire is known for a wonderful diversity of wildlife and a stunning landscape dotted with baobab trees as well as large herds of elephants and over 260 species of birds. We will have a picnic lunch and have a short afternoon game drive before returning to our lodging.
Dinner and overnight in the Tarangire National Park area, Tarangire Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 12: Tarangire-Arusha
Non game-viewing travel time: 2 hours
Distance: 120 km
We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, followed by breakfast at the lodge. We will then transfer back to Moshi/Arusha. We will stop by Mto wa Mbu for a cultural village walk and a chance to meet and make new local friends, a local interaction and sampling a local lunch cuisine.
Dinner and overnight in Mt. Meru Hotel Arusha
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 13: Arusha-Lake Manyara
After breakfast we will proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. Some of the attractions found there may not be seen in other famous parks, such as the ground water forest– an evergreen forest fed by freshwater springs– and the Great Rift Valley escarpment, one of the most unique and beautiful sceneries in the park. You will be amazed by the diversity of wildlife species and habitats. The lake forms the most spectacular sight of the high diversity of bird species both migratory and resident, especially the spectacular volumes of flamingos.
Dinner and overnight in Mt. Meru Hotel Arusha
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 14: Arusha-Amboseli
Depart Arusha for Amboseli National Park. We will have lunch enroute. Arriving with a short game drive at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, check in.
Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli Sopa Lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 15: Amboseli Full Day
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive at 0630a.m, when you have the best chance to see the majestic highest peak of Africa with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro before returning to your lodge for breakfast. Leave for Amboseli Serena Lodge In where conservation and Tourism go hand in hand is a place that you will be able to meet and interact with the locals, the famous Maasai people of Kenya. The Maasai are native Kenyan ethnic group that still embraces their traditional, cultural and historical practices.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli Sopa lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 16: Amboseli-Nairobi
Morning drive from Amboseli National Park to Nairobi
Depending on what time your flight is we can arrange several optional activities in Nairobi.
WHAT’S INCLUDED.
Park fees, government fees & taxes.
Accommodation as stated in the itinerary.
Transport in a min van/ 4 x 4 Land Cruser .
English speaking driver guide.
Meals as stated in the itinerary.
Bottled water throughout the safari.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED.
Tips to the driver guide
Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks
Items of a personal nature
International Flights
Travel Insurance and Visas
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
